Tuesday, 13 March 2012

FINISHED AT LAST !!!!!.....

This reroot was going into the unknown for me and was a bit of an experiment, im a bit nervous about showing everyone as i know she wont be everyones cup of tea !...when i bought caleb i could have used silky straight hair to reroot him and im sure he would have looked lovely but i wanted to try to do something more in keeping to what a child with afro hair may have. I did lots of research on afro hair extensions and was left a bit confused at the different types of hair used to achieve different looks, the hair i settled on didnt work so i used some i had in the cupboard so all the research was a bit of a waste of time !
Using the afro hair wasnt easy as it was frizzy and really hard to thread through the needle, i also used more hair in each plug than i usually would because i planned to braid the hair and i wanted the braids a certain size...
I was quite worried as you will see below when i had finished the rooting part, the hair was huge and if the braids didnt work i had no idea what to do with such a mass of hair ....

I started braiding from the back and it seemed never ending and i had still no idea what it was going to look like untill it was completely finished and the braids had been cut and sealed.....
My first impression was that i was SO disappointed, it didnt look at all as i expected,i have always liked andrea of the dollworks model who wears a braided wig.....but all that hair that i had rerooted had braided down to nothing and there was lots of scalp on show....but since yesterday it has grown on me, maybe ive not seen a sasha look like this before and thats why it takes some getting used to ?......
Today it is damp and foggy and ive taken about a million photos to try and show you what she now looks like, some taken outside and some in , theyre not the best photos as i had to brighten them all on the computer else she just looked like a silhouette....

lastly a back view of the braids....i sealed them so they wont come undone but just to make sure i also melted the tips with the hair straighteners, i dont think i really needed to do this and its left little bobbles on the ends so i may snip this off...

15 comments:

Your newly rerooted girl is absolutely gorgeous, it must have taken you many, many hours. I love the photo of her before her hair was braided, Betsy says she has hair like Hermione from Harry Potter :) I think she looks fab with her braids, how did you manage to get them all the same size? You must have the patience of a saint. She makes such a pretty girl, far too pretty to be a boy and I love her pretty white dress and red shoes, perfect for her. Cathy x

You are a star!!! Where did all that mass of hair go ? Just imagine all those little braids to braid, so much work. After the rerooting too. The scalp showing is normal on afro haired people too. I think she is wonderful, and a beautiful quality hair you used.Her face is perfect too, how proud you must be now she is finished.Congratulations , love, Fanny

thankyou SO SO much for all your kind comments....i was so worried as i really wasnt sure what people would think, i had such a sinking feeling when i finished her as she didnt look how i expected and i think i felt a bit deflated after all that hard work...also just to do the braids and then cut them etc it took between 12 and 15 hrs !...it was a real labour of love and now im glad that i have tried it and that its finished !...sarah x

‘Wow, what an absolutely massive undertaking BUT with such fantastic results. It's a wonder that you didn't run a mile after finally finishing the re-rooting and saw the masses of hair that then had to be braided.

I have to admire your superb will power throughout this project and I'm sure that you, like the rest of us, are thrilled with the final look. Congratulations.

I think she is absolutely beautiful! I don't know how you imagined it, but her hair seems perfect to me. She is so pretty! I love how each Sasha is different, but she is truly one of a kind, isn't she? Kirsten from Ithaca, NY

Just absolutely gorgeous!...Sarah,you were unsure but this has to be the prettiest doll I have ever seen,her face paint is just perfect,and your new 'do' is just right,well done,I would love her myself but I think if you do ever sell her,there will be a stampede!!!xx

Incredible! You weren't kidding about the mass of hair. Scalp showing (not that I notice any) would make her look even more lifelike. I especially like the first picture of her with braided hair. She looks so pensive in that photo.ps--the dress isn't bad either :)

I showed my granddaughter, Hanna 11, these photos yesterday. She was totally transfixed by the process and she thought the end result was just beautiful. She had never thought about how dolls acquired hair! She was hugely impressed.

About Me

mum to esme, whos kept busy while shes at school by sewing for sasha. i love anything vintage and have a huge collection of vintage clothes and those i can still fit into i wear daily (much to esmes dismay !), i collect all sorts of brightly coloured junk from the 60s/70s as well as awfull kitsh paintings, mask faced rag dolls,enamel floral cooking pots and generally lots of stuff that i really dont need !